Senior Risk Lawyer - Singapore

This is an exciting opportunities to join an internationally renowned law firm's office in Singapore. The role involves providing risk and compliance support to the business in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, being a part of their regional risk team with the goal of ensuring that the firm upholds the highest standards in professional legal adviser-client relationships, identifies and manages risk, and complies with regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Handling inquiries from Partners, functional managers, and other key stakeholders regarding various client-facing and internal governance, legal, and risk matters in the APAC region.
• Reviewing commercial contract terms with public and private sector clients and legal services suppliers, including framework, referral and escrow agreements, client engagement terms, NDAs, and MOUs.
• Collaborating with the team to manage AML/CFT queries for the region and assisting with preparation for regulatory supervision, regulatory filing obligations, suspicious activity reporting, and liaison with authorities, Financial Intelligence Units, and legal services regulators.
• Supporting cross-functional business projects for the risk function.
• Working closely with Conflicts Lawyers to assist with conflicts clearance.
• Supporting the development and integration of risk policies, procedures, and guidance to deliver a practical, robust, and forward-looking approach.
• Building relationships and engagement with functional departments to promote the risk function profile and services within the firm and encouraging an integrated approach to projects and problems.
• Assisting with embedding a risk training and induction program across the region, aligned with the global training plan.
• Actively promoting and developing a healthy risk management culture across the region, encouraging a good ethical approach to decision-making.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Legally qualified with over 5 years' experience, ideally part of which was working in a leading commercial law firm.
• Previous experience of risk and compliance.

For a confidential chat about this or other roles we are handling, please contact Matt Pollard at: matt.pollard@jamesonlegal.com

Please note that where a level of preferred experience or qualification is indicated, this is a guideline only and does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

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